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Twitter maintaining electoral neutrality in India

USNMix Report: This step
taken by Twitter for maintaining electoral neutrality in India.The US company has said that
its teams are training all types of political parties for the good use of
Twitter.

Micro Blogging Website
Twitter has constituted a working group on internal, multiple levels to
maintain electoral neutrality in India. A US company facing allegations of
political favoritism in India has said that its teams are training all types of
political parties for the good use of Twitter. Twitter released the statement,
"On the pattern of recent election models in different countries of the
world like the US, Brazil and Mexico, Twitter has formed an internal, group
working at different levels, this group will be in the entire election period.
Will work towards maintaining fairness of elections. "

Meanwhile, Twitter's CEO
Jack Dorsey will appear before a committee of parliament on February 25. This
information was given by Anurag Singh Thakur, chairman of the Standing
Committee of the Parliament on Information Technology Department. The Chief
Executive of the tweeter was scheduled to attend the committee meeting on
February 11 on 'Social or online media forums to protect citizens' rights' but
they did not attend. According to sources, other members of the committee,
including BJP MP LK Advani, took it seriously.

Refused to meet local
representatives

Thakur said that Twitter
chief and other representatives have been asked to appear on February 25. On
Saturday, Twitter made a statement and expressed his inability to appear before
the committee on such a short notice of Dorsi. Sources said during the meeting,
the representatives of the local office of Twitter had reached Parliament's
Annexe to appear before the committee but they were not called in the meeting.

The meeting was scheduled to
be held on February 7 The meeting of the committee was to be held on February
7. To ensure the presence of Twitter CEO and other officials, this meeting was
deferred and the date of the meeting was made on February 11. Sources say that
social media company Facebook can also call the committee. But no final
decision has been taken on this.